Comparison

Notepad vs MD Cast

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Notepad

Features
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Notepad makes it easy to capture thoughts, reminders, and tasksβ€”every day With its user-friendly interface and rich set of features. A beautifully designed notes app to help you stay focused and organized. Key Features: => Manage unlimited notes. => To-do lists with checkboxes. => Oraganize with catagory and tags. => Quick serch to find notes instantly. => Light & Dark mode support. => Pin important notes to the top. => Calender view for notes. => Notes with rich text editor, adjust fonts and colors, and add photos or voice notes. => Create stylish notes with customizable themes and vibrant backgrounds. => Lock notes for safe and private. => Share notes with relatives or friends. => Backup and sync notes via Cloud. This app contains subscription Monthly pro at $1.99 and Yearly pro at $9.99 to use ads free versions of the premium app which can cancel anytime. To learn about our privacy policy, please visit: https://muraliarvind.blogspot.com/2025/04/privacy-policy.html For our terms of use, please visit: https://muraliarvind.blogspot.com/2025/04/terms-of-service.html Notepad is your everyday companion for managing reminders and tasks, designed with a user-friendly interface that suits businessmen, students, and professional life.

About

MD Cast

Create and export custom-styled Markdown documents to PDF. Apply your own themes with specific fonts, colors, and spacing, or use presets. Supports extended Markdown syntax and automatic font matching for multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Syntax-highlighted Markdown editor
  • Live preview with applied typography
  • Page-accurate PDF export
  • Customizable themes with fonts, colors, and spacing
  • Automatic font matching for Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese
  • Extended Markdown syntax support (tables, footnotes, KaTeX)
  • Live inspector for real-time formatting adjustments
  • Edit external Markdown folders directly
Features
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MD Cast is a focused Markdown editor for iPad and iPhone that lets you apply your own style and export to PDF. Customize fonts, colors, line spacing, table styles, and paper settings β€” then save the whole look as your own theme. Open another Markdown file later and apply the same theme with a single tap. β–  Your style, all the way to PDF - Edit: Syntax-highlighted Markdown editor. - Read: Live preview with your typography, margins, and table styles applied. - PDF: Page-accurate paginated preview, ready to share. Three modes in one screen. Write, preview, and export without leaving the flow. β–  Save your own theme + 5 business presets Save fonts, margins, tables, headers and footers β€” every formatting choice β€” as your own theme, then apply it to any future Markdown file with one tap. Need a starting point? Pick from 5 presets (Business Report Β· Academic Paper Β· Technical Doc Β· Casual Article Β· Minimal Memo) and customize from there. β–  Automatic Korean / English / Japanese / Chinese font matching The renderer detects the language of each glyph (via Unicode ranges) and picks the right font automatically. Korean mixed with English stays balanced; Japanese kanji uses a Japanese font; Chinese hanzi uses a Chinese font. β–  Seven bundled OFL fonts (no install required) - Pretendard, Noto Sans KR, Noto Serif KR, Source Han Sans KR - D2 Coding (monospace) - Inter (English body) - Nanum Gothic System fonts and user-imported fonts (.ttf, .otf) are also fully supported. β–  Full Markdown Extended Syntax - GFM tables (with alignment colons) - Task list checkboxes (- [x] / - [ ]) - Strikethrough (~~text~~) - Footnotes ([^label]) - Definition lists (Term :\\n Definition) - KaTeX math (inline $...$, display $$...$$, multi-line environments like \begin{aligned}) β–  Live inspector Adjust typography, font sizes, line height, colors, table headers and borders, paragraph alignment, indentation, quote styles, paper size, margins, headers and footers β€” every change reflects in under 0.3 seconds. β–  Edit external vault folders directly (NEW in v1.1) Register your Obsidian, iA Writer, or Files-app Markdown folders in the sidebar and edit them directly β€” no copies. Changes you save in MD Cast appear instantly at the external location and across other apps and devices. The vault stays in the sidebar after the app is restarted. β–  Localized UI in Korean / English / Japanese / Chinese (NEW in v1.1) All UI text follows your iOS system language automatically. Korean experience remains identical to v1.0. β–  Welcome file on first launch (NEW in v1.1) A welcome Markdown file with rich samples (tables, KaTeX math, task lists) appears on the first launch, letting you experience Markdown rendering immediately β€” no onboarding overhead. β–  Files app integration + iCloud Drive auto-sync Documents created in the app live in your iCloud Drive "MD Cast" folder, so they sync automatically across iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Use the "Export to External…" menu to send a copy from the MD Cast folder to other Markdown or text editors as-is. β–  Fully offline All fonts and the KaTeX math library are bundled inside the app. Every feature works without an internet connection. β–  No ads, no tracking One-time purchase. Your data never leaves your device. β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Markdown your way, all the way to PDF. Try MD Cast today.

Screenshots

Notepad4 screens
MD Cast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Notepad at Free against MD Cast's $1.99. Notepad also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). MD Cast's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Notepad is free to download; MD Cast costs $1.99 up front. Notepad sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MD Cast asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notepad ships an update every 2 months, MD Cast weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences Β· 2 level
Notepad versus MD Cast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotepadMD Cast
PriceFree β€” better$1.99
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
Monetizationβ€”Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size56 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArvind MuraliJaehyung Choi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notepad

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$4.991 Year
None

MD Cast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MD Cast free?
MD Cast costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notepad or MD Cast have ads?
Notepad shows ads; MD Cast does not.
Which is updated more often, Notepad or MD Cast?
Notepad ships an update every 2 months, and MD Cast weekly. Most recently, Notepad was updated on October 8, 2026 and MD Cast on October 17, 2026.

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